CALL FOR CHAPTERS: SOFT SKILLS: The missing link to quality human performance and enhanced organizational sustainability

11-01-2019 14:10

This book will be part of a Book Trilogy in Routledge’s Human Centered Management Series to be published in 2020. The two complementary books will be Constructive Sensible Leadership and Human Centered Organizational Culture.


Editors seek contributions addressing comprehensive analysis of Soft Skills with high potential to improve the workplace with visionary outlooks on what, how, and where Soft Skills have greater impact on the wellbeing of people in management and organizations including effects on corporate social responsibility CSR.  

Chapters in the HCM Book Series all focus on the wellbeing of people as common denominator to attain quality standards, high work engagement, increased performance, productivity and sustainability in organizations in the global VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics to explore to enhance the book contents.    

  • Historical background of Soft Skills in human interactions from the industrial revolution to the Knowledge Age of digital, AI and automatization.
  • Facets of Soft Skills in; Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology
  • Ethical dimension of Soft Skills
  • Soft Skills in; Human Centered Organizations, leadership, organizational politics, and organizational culture
  • Soft Skills in; communication, conflict management and negotiation
  • Existing gaps in the role Soft Skills play in the Knowledge Economy
  • Current status of Soft Skills: research studies and practical case studies.
  • Soft Skills issues across gender, diversity and generations.
  • Soft Skills application and challenges in education (elementary, secondary, vocational and Tech education, higher education, the professions, executive and corporate education).
  • Soft Skill deployment and challenges in business, entrepreneurship and industries (health care, banking and finances, engineering, customer services, international business, non–profit organizations, government agencies, the military).
  • Soft Skills comparison and contrasts across organizational, national and international/global cultures.
  • Soft Skills comparison and contrasts between developed and developing countries.
  • Innovation in Soft Skills, definitions, measurement, integration and value.
  • Unique, specialized and innovative Soft Skills applications.

 

Editors:

Ronald Tarr, RAPTARR, LLC & University of Central Florida. US

Maria-Teresa Lepeley, Global Institute for Quality Education GIQE. US

Roland Bardy, Florida Gulf Coast University, US & Wittenberg Center, Germany

Peter Essens, University of Groningen. The Netherlands

Nicholas Beutell, Iona College. US

Nicolas Majluf*, Universidad Catolica, Chile

Nureya Abarca*, Universidad Catolica, Chile 

                  (*authors of the Leadership book) 

Deadlines:
 
Chapter abstract (250 words max):                                    January 6, 2020 

Chapter acceptance:                                                           January 30, 2020

Full chapter submission (5.000 words max):                     May 1, 2020  


Submission Guidelines:


Manuscript length should not exceed 5,000 words (excluding references). Font: Times Roman 12’. Double-spaced with 1-inch margins on each side.
 

Submit chapter abstracts and chapters to both: Ronald Tarr tarr.ron@gmail.com and to the HCM Series and book editor Maria-Teresa Lepeley mtlepeley@globalqualityeducation.org

 

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